Mastheads

Match the meanings on the right to the mastheads on the left.

  • Q
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  • Kerrang
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  • NME
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  • UNCUT
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  • Comes from the idea of cueing a record, getting it ready to play. Also, a single letter title was thought to be more prominent on newsstands.
  • Sounds like the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar.
  • Short for New Music Express. An acronym is easier to remember and fits into the top left corner, where most mastheads/logos tend to appear.
  • Has connotations of not being shortened or abridged, it is the ‘raw’ version of a track in its original form the way the artist intended it.

What do you notice about the colour scheme for many of these mastheads?